Steam-plow.



JESSE w. VANIMAN, or wionrra, KANSAS.

STEAM-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1901' Application fileiApril 17, 190.6- serial No.312,191.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE W. VANIMAN, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county ofSedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Steam-Flows; and I do declare the following to be afull,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which "it appertains tomake and use the This invention relates to steam plows, and

. one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a strong anddurable frame for a gang of plows, said frame adapted to lie close same.by hand whenthe traction engine ismoved backwardly. r

A still further object of the invention isto provide a caster-wheel, adated to be: operated by hand to guide the p ow-frame? when the engine ismoving backward.

A further ob 'ect of my invention is to provide a steam plow-frame withan angular tube or bar for the attachment of anysnumber of lowsrequired. 5 r

hese and other objects are attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whijch,-.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a steam plow made inaccordance with my,invention, and showing a portion of a traction engine to which the plowis attached; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the low detached from thetraction engine; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a portion ofthe plow frame, and

showing the caster-wheel and mechanism for.

operating it. Fig.4 represents a side elevation of one of the tubesupporting brackets.

- Referring to the drawlngs for a more particular description of myinvention, the frame of the plow, consists of a metal platebent intosubstantially triangular or approxi mately V-shaped form and comprisingthe diagonally-extending portion, the laterallyextending portion 2, andthe forwardly-extending portion 3 preferably of a length greater thanthe bar 1. Secured to the front ends of the framemembers 1 and 2, bymeans of bolts 4, is a combined water-tank and coalbin '11, saidcoal-binibeiug provided Witha the side of the tank 11, as shown in Fig;1'.

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partition 12 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to separate the lowercompartment 13, for containing water, from the upper compartment 14, forcontaining coal. The front endof this tank. and bin is cut away toprovide means for gaining ready access to the coal for the furnace ofthe traction engine. The

plowis mounted upon front 'wheels 5, journaled to axles 6, said axleseing bolted to Secured to the frame are a series of brac 7, saidbrackets each having a tubular ortion for supporting a tube 8 which isdisposed dia onally paralle with the frame member 1, sai tube havingforwardly-extending, spaced lugs as 9, having their free ends bifurcatedas at 9 between which plow standards not shown are adapted to be securedin any desirable manne A brace 10 is secured to the frame 1 by bolts 15,and extends forward, with itsfront end surrounding the tube '8, as shownin Fig. 1. Mounted in-the frame of the plow in rear of the tank 11 is acaster-wheel 16 and mechanism foroperating the same. The casterwheel 16is journaled in a frame 17, upon the front end of which a lug 18 isformed, said lug being pivotally connected between flanges 19, 20, onthe caster-Wheel frame. A flange 21 projects backward from thecaster-wheel frame, and upon the upper side of said flange aball-bearing raceway 22 is provided; for

antifriction balls 23, the balls being held around a drum 26, secured toa vertical shaft 27, upon the upper end of which a handwheel 28 ismounted for actuating the casterwheel and-directing the movement of theplow-frame when m nning backward.

The draftattachment comprises a laterallyextending bar 29, secured tothe front of the 1 water tank support or frame of theplow, said barbeing secured by brackets 30 "to said frame and by a bracket 40 to thetube 8; A

5 front end of the draw-head 3]. is secured by a pin 32- to .the bar 29and is adapted to be adjusted laterally in any of the perforations 33 tosecure a-'cen tral draft line under varying conditions. The draw-head 31is connected to the tractionengine a. are connected to the tractionengine by suitable means and extend backward, cross each other, and'aresecured'at suitablep'oints to the latefially extending bar 29.

39 is connected at one end to the at its other'end to the 'mediateportion connected with the axle-6.

This draft appliancebar 29 and guiding the plow so that it will trailthe ehne.- 5 r I Various changes in 'theiorm, proportion and theminordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from theprincipleforsacrificin any of the advanta -es of this invention, asfined by the appended claims. Y I Having thus described my invention,What 'I claim as new ters-Patent,-is,' H I a 1; A steam plow frameprovidedwith' a diagonally-disposed bar having In S extending laterallytherefrom with their ree ends 'bi furcated to re'ceivethe plows andextended n i ll of the fr r 2. A steam plow composedof a diagonallyDraft chains 34, 35,

A. bent bar tube 8' with its 'interpermits the traction enguief to turn-1n elther direction freelv,

and desire to secure Let- I disposed bar having a short arm extendinglaterally therefrom, a bar extending at right an les from the free endof said arm, an an nular member secured tothe free end of the saidbars/and a plow-carrying bar attached to said diagonal bar and extendingparallel therewith. I 3' A steam plow frame comprising an approximatelyV-shaped member having one arm 'shorter than the other and inclined, anannular member mounted between the free ends of said \l-shaped memberand secured thereto land' wheels connected with said an nular member, acaster wheel mounted in the reduced end 'of said spaced brackets securedto the short inclined nesses.

' JESSE W. 'VANlMAN. Witnesses:

MOMURRAY, B. F. Parana last-mentioned bar and to the dian onal bar,- asmaller 'annular member secured between Vshaped member, I

5 arm of said V-shaped member; a diagonallymember with said. diagonal-

